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Saturday, October 21, 2023

Today Importance - 21st October

21-Oct-1296

Aladdin Kahili seized the throne of Delhi. He declared himself Sultan in July.

21-Oct-1577

The Sikh Guru, Guru Ramdas founded the city of Amritsar.

21-Oct-1762

Hermann W. Dandels, Brigadier-General and Governor-General of the Dutch Indies (1807-11), is born.

21-Oct-1789

Ramashastri Prabhun, the judge of the Peshwa Empire, died.

21-Oct-1858

Birth of the great social reformer Ramabai Dongre Medhvi.

21-Oct-1887

The great politician, revolutionary leader and Chief Minister Dr. Shri Krishna Sinha was born in Khanwa.

21-Oct-1906

Gandhiji went to England on deputation till 30 November to present the Indians' case before the Colonial Secretary.

21-Oct-1916

Denarii Hiralal Desai, cricket test umpire for 3 Tests from 1955-57, was brought into the world in Gujarat.

21-Oct-1934

Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan and his comrades founded the 'Congress Socialist Party' with Acharya Narendra Dev as its President and JP as its General Secretary.

21-Oct-1943

The Azad Hind government was established in Singapore and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as its national leader.

21-Oct-1947

The Controller of Military Accounts (Pension), Lahore was bifurcated and the work relating to pensions of Indian nationals was transferred to Allahabad.

21-Oct-1950

China invaded Tibet.

21-Oct-1954

The governments of India and France signed an agreement for the transfer of the French colony of Pondicherry, Karakul, Maher to the Indian Union. Merged on 1 November.

21-Oct-1959

Clash between Chinese and Indian troops on Ladakh border.

21-Oct-1981

Kerala is under the Central Government.

21-Oct-1989

Former Army Chief General A.K. Sukhdev Singh alias Sukha and Harjinder Singh alias Zinda were sentenced to death for killing Vaidya.

21-Oct-1990

Afternoon news bulletin started on Doordarshan at 2 PM. (Hindi) and 3 p.m. (English) 7.5 minutes duration on weekdays and 5 minutes duration on Sundays.

21-Oct-1994

The government has notified a significant hike in election expenditure limits for Lok Sabha and Videhan Sabha elections.

21-Oct-1995

Lalkrishna Advani has been unanimously elected the president of the BJP for the fourth time in New Delhi.

21-Oct-1995

Suresh Mehta, finance minister in the outgoing Keshubhai Patel cabinet, was sworn in as Gujarat's second BJP chief minister in Gandhinagar, ending a month-long political turmoil.

21-Oct-1996

After competing with India, Japan got a temporary seat on the Security Council.

21-Oct-1997

Himachal Pradesh Assembly has gone global with the launch of its website on the Internet.

21-Oct-1997

RBI deregulated deposit rates, reduced CRR and Bank Rate (from 10% to 9%) and allowed banks two sets of prime lending rates.

21-Oct-1998

Hindi film actor Ajith aka Hamid Ali Khan (76) passed away in Hyderabad.

21-Oct-1999

Film producer b. And. Chopra received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.

21-Oct-1999

Madhavrao Scindia became the Deputy Leader of the Congress (I) in the Lok Sabha.

21-Oct-2000

Seema Anthill became the first Indian to win a global title by winning the gold medal in the discus throw at the World Junior Athletics Championships in Santiago.